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WILLIAM M. TOMPKINS, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC LIGHT AND GLOBE PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,301, dated March 27, 1888.

Application filed March 16, 1887.

T 0 (LE whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. TOMPKINS, of Batavia, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Light and Globe Protectors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lantern-bodies for electric lights, and has for its object a simple, novel, and effective means whereby the globe and canopy may be removed and new parts inserted when worn, and a means for adjusting the same to any desired altitude when in place, whereby the globe may be cleaned and the lights adjusted or renewed, the said lantern-body being adapted'to be used for whatis known as incandescent or are lights; and it also consists in certain details of construction and combination of its several parts, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation in perspective of my improved lantern-body. Fig. 2 is a view in detail of the sliding yoke or sleeve. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the ends of the brace-bands. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the two parts of the brace-band in engagement.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the views.

In the drawings, A represents the upright posts or guides bent inwardly and at an incline at their upper portions, as shown, and on top of which is secured a deflecting-plate, B, for the purpose of preventing heat from defacing or scorching the ceiling or other object in proximity thereto.

To the lower ends of the guides A, I secure, by short rods b b, a circular frame, 0, having an upwardly-extending flange, c, in which are screwed in the enlarged portions 2. suitable number of thumb or set screws, (2 d, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

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place a removable bottom, D, upon which or on the frame 0 is supported a globe-frame consisting of the upper and lower circular bands or rims e and c, the lower rim being provided with an outwardly-extending flange, e, soldered or otherwise suitably secured thereto. The bands are connected by vertical inner and outer strips, ff, between which and the rims I secure a tube-shaped or circular globe, G, made of glass, mica, or any other suitable material, the globe-frame being secured to the supporting-frame by the sets'crews, which are adapted to press against the side and flange of the lower band or rim. 4 I prefer to have the bottom D removable, in order that the dead flies and insects which accumulate in the globes of electric lights may be more easily removed.

An adjustable band, formed, preferably, of two semicircular pieces, 71. It, is placed around the globe for the purpose of bracing or steadying it. The edges of these pieces are bent over on themselves in opposite directions, the

bent-over part of the lower edge being forced up close against the main body. The bentover part of the upper edge is cutaway atone end of each of the pieces h h, as shown at h, Fig. 3, and at the other end is left sufficiently open to form a groove, as shown at h", Fig. 3, for the reception of the part 7 Each of the pieces is also provided at one end, near its lower edge, with a slot, z, and at its other end with a set-screw, i, and nut t. When the two pieces arejoined together, the part h will slide in the groove h and the set-screw i will be in the slot 6', and it will readily be seen that the band can be adjusted as to its circumference.

On the outside and about the center of the semicircular band I secure short rods or projections k k, adapted to receive sliding yokes or sleeves k k, terminating at their ends in forked portions k k, adapted to have move ment on the guides or posts A, and are secured by means of thumb-screws Z Z.

O is a circular canopy or top, having an upwardly-extending central portion to form an opening, 0, and having its circumference bent downwardly, whereby the same is adapted, when found convenient, to fit over and around the upper portion of the globe. To the side of the canopy are secured rods and sliding yokes or sleeves, similar in operation and construe tion to the ones before described, and are for the purpose of allowing the cover to be tilted at an angle or be raised to any desired altitude, thus allowing the globe to be removed or repaired, or for any other purpose.

It will be understood that the several parts of my invention may be made of any suitable metal or material, and that in place of forming the frame and canopy circular they may be made square, and the supporting frame may be of any desired or convenient form, and two or more uprightguides or posts may be employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the upright posts or guides, ofa globe and globe-frame, a frame for supporting the same, a bracing-band adjustable in diameter and adapted to slide on said posts, and a canopy Vertically adjustable on said posts or guides to and from the globe, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the upright posts or guides, the globe and globe-frame, and a supporting-frame for said globe, of the bracingband formed of two pieces and provided with rods and sliding sleeves adjustable on said r0ds,the said sleeves being forked at their outer ends and adapted to have a vertical movement on the posts or guides, and set-screws, substantially as specified.

3. In a lantern-body for electric lights, the

and the globe and globe-frame, of aband con- 0 sisting of two semicircular pieces having their edges bent over in opposite directions, the bentover part at the upper edge being cut away at one end and serving to form a groove at the other end, and each piece being provided with a slot at one end and a set-screw and a nut at the other end, whereby the band may be adjusted as to diameter,substantially as specified.

5. In a lantern-body for electric lights, the combination, with the upright posts or guides and a supporting-frame provided with setscrews, of a globe-frame consisting of upper and lower rims and vertical inner and outer strips, the lower rim being provided with a flange with which the set-screws are adapted to engage, and a globe secured in said frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as'my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVILLIAIWI M. TOMPKINS. Witnesses SCHUYLER DURYEE O. M. WERLE. 

